always have had a great expierience with brain a little slow to ship but probably does a bulk ship all at once tho. how many trips a day to the post offie would he have to make?not to get the topic off track but vintage - bike from france has great stuff also. quick turnaround time from euro too.

I was a being a little harsh, and I realize it now. I've never dealt with him personally. If all you guys have had good experiences, then it can't be all bad I guess. If the slowness has truly ceased to be a problem, then I will consider ordering from them. Still pricey in my eyes, but that is compared to how I usually find my bikes. Complete bikes for $10-$50. Hey we could be quibbling over vintage BMX stuff, which is scarcer
and sometimes even more ridiculous. $300-$500 stems, etc.,,,,BD

I think he's lost it, though. Read the description of the Normandy/Weinmann wheelset.

musta lost his terrible green towel...

vintage-bike was mentioned, also happy experiences.

the Sultan is a character but effecient, glad I did not have an audience with the type of newspaper packing being used, escort adverts. Is the message, don't waste your time with bicycles...?

Banana brain, I have now relegated to visit the shop purchases, thankfully near the zoo, but coin toss regarding hours.

More pictures man. Is that an SL frame? I don't see chrome head tube lugs.

I've only ordered once or twice from bananabrain but had no problems.

Sultan has the green towel, not the Baron. At least he used to.

Tim

you must of missed this thread: http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=367162

oh, yeah. another seller that is rare nowadays. sultan, baron, maybe I could be the grand waddiedodaa.

Um, if I had something to sell...

well, if I ever do, watch for that.

I too have had only bad experience with Bananabrain. Not only exceedingly slow shipping, but broken promises galore and missed shipping. His solution to all problems is to throw parts that I have no use for at me. If I order something, it is because I need that part, not some other items that he wants to shift. I don't care whether what he ships me is worth much more than the item that I wanted. Many of my friends have had equally bad experience that I only learned about after I told them about my own bad experience. In all honesty, I have yet to find anybody who has had completely satisfactory dealings with him. Most people deal with him because he frequently makes 'special offers' at crazy low prices or offers things that nobody else can apparently find.

LOL, seems like there's a new one every other year.

Tim

What fix are they in? They're bicycle parts business can't be doing too badly if they can afford to set up a brick and mortar store in Santa Barbara. That's some of the most expensive real estate in California.

Doesn't it bother anyone else that the Sultan's first eBay listing after all this time is for a wheelset with a cheesey Normandy freewheel hub that is described as a freehub and even comes with a cassette? After reading the last sentence in the description, where he says that the wheelset is good for cyclocross or touring because you don't have to worry about broken axles, I sent a message to him asking what's up because I know he knows better. I haven't received a reply.

The spokes don't look like stainless to me, either.

No defense, but what I know, they committed to the SB lease and were paying for over a year prior to moving in. Packing a nightmare, containers were late, visas a disaster, do you see a trend here?

The other thing which Baron has mentioned, is the small orders from private parties are to be frank, lots of trouble for the revenue collected. Those I know who spent big dollars got good service, a revenue approach to business.